Frank Todd, 94

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Longtime Staten Islander Frank H. Todd, 94, of Todt Hill, a U.S. Army veteran who fought in France during World War II and later worked for breweries in Stapleton and Brooklyn, died Saturday in Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze.

Born in Brooklyn, Mr. Todd was brought to Clifton as an infant, then lived in Willowbrook and Grasmere before settling in Todt Hill in 1994.

He served in the U.S. Army 83rd Infantry Division during World War II, and earned the Bronze Star.

Upon returning home, Mr. Todd worked as a delivery man for the former Rubsam and Horrmann (R&H) Brewery in Stapleton, then later for the Piels Brothers brewery in Brooklyn, after Piels bought out R&H in 1953. He retired in 1972, after more than 27 years.

Mr. Todd was a member of the Tompkins Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons. He was also an animal enthusiast.

“He was good-hearted,” said his niece, Aimee Cannon, remembering Mr. Todd as a man with a good sense of humor. “He gave, he cared, he would help you if he could help you.”

His wife of 40 years, the former Phyllis Diaz, died in 1990.

The funeral will be tomorrow from the Richmond Funeral Home, Concord, with a mass at 9:30 a.m. in St. Joseph’s R.C. Church, Rosebank. Burial will follow in Forest Green Memorial Park Cemetery, Morganville, N.J.